Yorkshire

Lot 1947       Yorkshire

Estimate $320
Bid at live.noble.com.au

SHEFFIELD, county penny, 1812, laureate and draped bust of George III right/Britannia seated left (Davis 120 (2)); workhouse pennies, 1812, West view of workhouse/Justice standing (Davis 122, 124) 1813 (Davis 131 obverse/130 reverse; 133 obverse/126 reverse) 1815 (Davis 134,135) undated mule (Davis 136) S. Hobson & Sons' pennies 1812, 1813 arms of crossed arrows/Britannia seated left, Davis 137,138), Longden & Gregory's Phoenix Iron Works, view of Mills/Justice standing penny, 1813 (Davis 139 (2)). Shaw, Jobson & Co's Roscoe Mills pennies 1812, 1813 view of a range of mills/female seated left (Davis 142, 147) halfpenny, 1812, view of factory workhouses (Davis 131 struck in copper gilt). No.18 Norfolk Row halfpenny 1811, bust of Nelson left/legend (Davis 148) Reverse ship sailing right (Davis 149). A comprehensive run of Sheffield issues, fine-nearly uncirculated, mostly extremely fine or better (17).

Davis 120, 133/126, 134, 137, 142, 147 ex S.V. Hagley Collection, 122, 139, 148 from Spink in 1973; 135 from Seaby in 1973; 124, 131/130 ex P. Deane Collection; 120, 149, 151 acquired in 1960's, 138 ex Padre Bremer Collection, 136 from Baldwin in 1978.